by Bruce Brown | July 19, 2022 | Medical
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine acceptance and implementation was already on a fast growth track. Lockdowns and forced isolation plus the fear of COVID infection boosted telehealth adoption even faster and further into new areas of healthcare....
by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2022 | Medical
Alexa made it to the big leagues. When we first wrote about Amazon’s smart voice assistant Alexa’s role in digital health the topics included applications such as on-demand news and weather reports for visually impaired people, explaining medications, and...
by Bruce Brown | September 2, 2021 | Medical
Change is hard, but COVID-19 doesn’t care. Significant changes in the organization and practices of major institutions typically require years and even decades. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, telemedicine was available but adoption was slow. Mental health...
by Bruce Brown | August 30, 2021 | Medical
As telemedicine adoption spreads in the U.S., so does the need for guidance and standards. Physicians and other medical professionals and healthcare institutions need models to maintain standards of care while maximizing the opportunities deliver telemedicine...
by Bruce Brown | July 2, 2021 | Medical
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine are major themes in our health tech coverage these days. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telemedicine adoption, but we have been writing about telemonitoring and telehealth applications since 2014. Essence SmartCare...